Turpentine-cup.



E. A Meku TURPBNTINE GUY.

nruornon nun JULY e, 1901.

Patented Apr.26, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN A. McKOY. 0F NEV ORLEANS. LOUISIANA.

TURPENTINE-CUP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 26, 1910, I

Application filed July 6. 1907. Serial No. 382,476.

T 0 all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. McKov, a.

citizen of the United States. residing nt c\v Orleans, in the parish of ()rleans and Stale of Lon1siana,have invented certain new and useful Imprm ements in Turpentine-Cups;

and I do hereby declare the following to be i a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable Ollltl'S skilled I in the art to which it appertains to make and l use the same.

My 1nven..on relates to nnprovenients in sheet metal turpentlne cups 0! sap recepta' cles.

The object of my invention is to provide 1 a one piece sheet metal turpentine cup 0!: sap receptacle of oblong form with flann ends, and comparatively long, narrow anu deep so it may fit flat or properly against the tree and not. project therefrom. andi adapted to cooperate with and be supported i by a. wide sheet metal apron inserted in the 5 ends [The angle folds (1/ i ave an turpentine OlbOtllC! sap bran-in, troand which at the same tune nay b:- Hl'ulr; sunple and durable and capable of being! cheaply manufactured and which w'll be firmly supported by the apron. and which f a cm'respolnling curved flange or hook on the sheet metal sap receptacle (D). The on piece sheet metal sap receptacle (l); comprises a bottom {1h upright sides 1') and flaring ends (W) the latter having angle folds (11 11) one overlapping the. other at. the upper edge thereof. and clamped and hold in place by the integral lUt'l(lll J lips (11) at the nrp r edges of the [hiring ends ('11 which locking lips are folded outwardly our the upp r edges of the angle folds til 1"" .\ll these parts of the recepta le (D) an integral with each other and formed from a single flat sheet metal blank (1)) by forming suitable bends and folds therein. 'lhtgbends pl) surround the bott in (fi l ill. the lower or bottom c rner of the vckscl where the upright sides 1') and llarinyl nds (1F) unite with the integral The upwardly extending bends-- lmttotu. (1F), form the upwardly extending --rner. between the upright :Hltr' (11) and daring,'

interinedia e bend ($3 and an'udar n i w! "edgivlongitinlinal inwardly and d wnbodying my invent10n.- Fig. 2 is a central 5 vertical cross section. vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is an end view. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the sin cl metal blank in the flat, showing in dutiful Fig. 3 a central lines the angles or lines upon which th.-- folds are made to form the rcccpta tlc from the tint blank. Fig. (3 is a partial horizontal section on line (3-6 of Fig. 4 and Fig. Tis a 1 partial horizontal section on line T--T of:

Fig. 4.

In the drawing, A represents a sap benzing tree, B a sheet metal apron inserted in the out, (a) of the tree, and having: at its ends transversely inclined or divergent npturned llai'iges (b) a concavely curved upper edge (1,) and provided at its low r edge (1)?) with a duwmvardly. inwardly and up wardly curved flange or hook (0) to (:llgngzvardtv prop-din; thingior hook til") ulaptcd to lit in and engage-the correspondingly turned longitudinal flange r book (if) ol' the slit-ct metal apron til) to support the receptacle from the apron. Thissupporting llango or hook (11") pret'vrabtv ext nds the full lcngih of the rcccptach- .-o ato propvri direct the turpentine or ap inlo llnre ptacle from llu' apron (ll). 'lbc -iul nn-Ial re eptacle (ll) has at the upp r edgiof il-; null-l lUlrLllllllll lHl side to" a still'cning ilange or curved edge (1").

I claim:

I. ll: a sho t nn-talsap receiving rcccp- \acic 2h.- apron, th combination of an apron havin; divergent. integral flanges at its ends and prov ded with a downwardly, inwardly and upwardly curved llang'e at its lower longitudinal edge, of a ren'iovable. l ng. d ep, narrow one piece inclal sap rcm-iving n-ccpta lc. having integral bottom,

uprig hl sides and flaring ends, and integral angle folds at the flaring ends of the receptacle, tlie flaring ends being furnished with integral lot-hing lips folded outwardly treat the upper edge of the integral angle lolds,

the inner upright side of said receptacle apron, the combination with an apron hav-- ing an integral supporting hook at its lower longitudinal edge, of a removable one piece sheet metal sap receptacle having integral bottom, upright sides and flaring end and integral angle folds at'the flaring ends, the inner side of the receptacle having at its upper longitudinal edge an integral hook engaging the hook at the lower longitudinal edge of the apron, substantially as specified. 3. The combination with a sheet metal apron having a downwardly and inwardly turned flange at its lower longitudinal edg of a removable long, deep, narrow, one piece sheet metal sap recep acle having integral bottom, sides and ends and angle folds at the ends, and provided at the upper'longitudinal edge of its inner side with inwardly and downwardly turned flange engaging said flange at the lower longitudinal edge of the apron, substantially as specified.

dn' l lltf combination with a sheet metal apron having a downwardly and inwardly turned flange at its lower longitudinal edge,

ga ing said flange at the lower longitudinal the angle folds in lace at the ends of the receptacle, substantially as specified.

5. The combination with a sheet metal collecting apron of a removable sheet metal of one of its upright sides with an inwardly turned flange to, form a hook for supporting the receptacle, substantially as specified.

G. A one piece sheet metal sap receptacle having integral bottom, upright sides and flaring ends and integral angle folds at the flaring ends, the flaring ends having'attheir so upper edges integral locking lips folding over the upper edges of the angle folds and one of the upright sides of the vessel being provided at its upper longitudinal edge with inwardly and downwardly turned flange for 35' supporting the receptacle, substantiallyas specified.

7. The combination with a sheet metal collecting apron of a removable one piece sheet metal receptacle having bottom, sides,

ends and angle folds, one of the. sides having at its upper longitudinal edge a supporting hook and the vessel being furnished with integral locking lips turned over the upper edge of the receptacle to hold the angle folds in place, substantially as specified.

8. The combination with a sheet metal collecting apron of a rem vable one piece sheet metal sap receptacle having integral bottom, sides, ends and anp'le folds, the

ends having integral locking lips folded ontwardly over the upper edges of the angle folds to hold the same in place, the upper longitudinal edge of one of the sides having an inwardly turned flange and the upper edge of the other side of the receptacle having an outwardly projecting flange, substantially as specified.

9. In a sheet metal sap receptacle, and

apron, the combinat on with an apron hav- 9o ing an integral supporting hook upon its lower Still}, of a removable one piece sheet metal sap receptacle having integral bottom edge of the apron, said receptacle being i furnished with integ al locking lips to hold upright sides and ends, and integral angle folds at the ends, the innerside of the re- In testimony whereof I afiix my signa- (a e in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN A. MoKOY.

Witnesses JOHN L. Fmironmz, L. L. MonRiLL. 

